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ChazInAz

(2,536 posts)
36. My girlfriend.
Wed Mar 25, 2020, 02:43 AM
Mar 2020

We had planned on spending the holidays together. She lives a hundred miles North of me in Mesa, Arizona. She was hors de combat for all of December with what fits the description of Covid 19.

me too dweller Mar 2020 #1
These two were at death door. Texaswitchy Mar 2020 #4
You were "busy with your van?" Tipperary Mar 2020 #76
Building it to a camper van. Texaswitchy Mar 2020 #79
"Chevy Van" - a Sammy Johns song from 1973. Quemado Mar 2020 #80
I remember that: "And that's all right with me" yonder Mar 2020 #81
I'm pretty sure it was here in Las Vegas in January pecosbob Mar 2020 #2
Sounds like it. Texaswitchy Mar 2020 #6
Here is a March 17 thread advancing the same thought. John1956PA Mar 2020 #3
My 40 year old Son had something in early December. Talitha Mar 2020 #5
Yep. Texaswitchy Mar 2020 #8
Travelled to UK on Jan 1 HipChick Mar 2020 #7
I do to. Texaswitchy Mar 2020 #11
A person I know in San Francisco may have had it CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #9
I wonder. luvallpeeps Mar 2020 #10
Red eyes (like you're wearing red eye shadow) is a telltale sign of Covid-19. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #32
In January, All 3 Of My Kids Had A Nasty Form Of Flu Despite Getting Flu Shots ChoppinBroccoli Mar 2020 #12
I've been wondering about that too HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #13
Early Jan my sinuses went berserk, drainage like crazy and a persistent dry cough for 3-4 weeks. roamer65 Mar 2020 #14
Hubby and I caught the same thing from our granddaughter Blaukraut Mar 2020 #18
A deep dry cough is indicative of viral pneumonia. roamer65 Mar 2020 #19
"...blood tinged mucus..." I read a story of a nurse describing live love laugh Mar 2020 #56
The mucus in the tube came from patients' lungs Blaukraut Mar 2020 #72
Oh I see the difference. nt live love laugh Mar 2020 #73
I read recently that researchers are wnylib Mar 2020 #24
Do you think people were dying of it then? nt. Mariana Mar 2020 #15
Probably, but no way to prove it relayerbob Mar 2020 #23
Excess mortality is easy to prove jberryhill Mar 2020 #63
From CNN, January 6th..... RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #34
Probably coincidence. This coronavirus is not a flu virus. Mariana Mar 2020 #39
Does every hospital always test for flu? RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #53
Nope. nt live love laugh Mar 2020 #57
Ditto... LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #16
Cuomo stopped testing in NYC wnylib Mar 2020 #27
Trump's FDA should have adopted the readily available WHO test back on January 17. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #37
Yes. ellie Mar 2020 #17
Yes, I think it's been around since at least Raine Mar 2020 #20
I saw someone post that on FB today (they believed they had it in December). C Moon Mar 2020 #21
Same Here relayerbob Mar 2020 #22
I had it too late December. Felt like big stones in my lungs at first. Lock him up. Mar 2020 #30
Mid December, a close friend had the same experience flibbitygiblets Mar 2020 #25
Me too, but slightly earlier... Exact same symptoms JCMach1 Mar 2020 #26
Folks in Northern Italy say similar cases started popping up last November. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #28
+1 dalton99a Mar 2020 #40
I have heard more stories of people as far back as December saying they had a bad flu RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #29
I'm in Northern California, and have been thinking the same. Silver Gaia Mar 2020 #31
I also know someone Bluesaph Mar 2020 #33
I suspect this is wishful thinking on many people's parts. herding cats Mar 2020 #35
Hive Mindsets??? LovingA2andMI Mar 2020 #41
Testing shows it showed up here early January. herding cats Mar 2020 #44
I agree. HotTeaBag Mar 2020 #74
When did they start testing? n/t drmeow Mar 2020 #85
I hope you have the immunity you imagine you do. herding cats Mar 2020 #47
Oh, and do update us on the serology findings. herding cats Mar 2020 #48
Oh, and would you like to see some sequencing of the viruses genome? herding cats Mar 2020 #49
Thank you. Tipperary Mar 2020 #78
On what date was the virus's genome sequenced and published ? Ghost Dog Mar 2020 #83
I think so too. Mariana Mar 2020 #43
The genome of the virus has been traced. Solidly. herding cats Mar 2020 #45
IMO it is highly unlikely it would show up in California radius777 Mar 2020 #51
💯 live love laugh Mar 2020 #58
I just discussed this with my drmeow Mar 2020 #86
Here herding cats Mar 2020 #87
Thank you drmeow Mar 2020 #89
What does any of that have to do with people thinking they are "immune"? RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #52
The initial discovery of it in China was covered up. Mariana Mar 2020 #68
We live in a society where people don't flock to the doctor RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #71
That's exactly what this is. jberryhill Mar 2020 #64
People can think this and still practice social distancing ck4829 Mar 2020 #77
My girlfriend. ChazInAz Mar 2020 #36
I had a strange "bug" in mid-January. Progressive Jones Mar 2020 #38
My Spider-sense says this got going in Wuhan in late Oct. early November where Anon-C Mar 2020 #42
Remember the vaping deaths? MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #46
Wow, I hadn't thought of that Polybius Mar 2020 #50
I've read over a hundred similar accounts live love laugh Mar 2020 #54
Remember both Whoopi and Oprah had pneumonia? live love laugh Mar 2020 #55
It could have come from way out in the boonies in China. Just showed up and identified in Wuhan brewens Mar 2020 #59
Yep, had it right after Christmas Jersey Devil Mar 2020 #60
it was definitely in China then catsudon Mar 2020 #61
I never posted this because PCIntern Mar 2020 #62
Yes. My 92-year-old father almost died. phylny Mar 2020 #65
Hundreds, perhaps thousands of people travel to and from China/East Asia monthly... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #66
Several reports from people I know saying the same thing ecstatic Mar 2020 #67
Nobody knows the exact time or day it started. kentuck Mar 2020 #69
Both my brothers in Fla. think they had it in Dec. after opening an overnight package from China ElementaryPenguin Mar 2020 #70
In February, my coworkers and I all got horrible colds ck4829 Mar 2020 #75
I thought so too, all my co workers and I, beginning of January. I think not now, and here is LizBeth Mar 2020 #82
all 4 of my siblings and my 84 year old mother had pneumonia in January n/t babydollhead Mar 2020 #84
I had the flu shot in October, but right after Thanksgiving, after being exposed to my sister's smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #88
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